By far the most difficult and rewarding thing I’ve ever done was giving birth to A. Like most women in the U.S., I’d heard how painful birth is all my life, I’d seen on countless television shows women screaming through labor (and ultimately intervention,) and I’d been conditioned by just about every woman I knew [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Momma Story’
The Birth of A
Posted in Midwives, Unmedicated, tagged Momma Story on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sweet, Sweet Benjamin
Posted in Hospital NCB, Medical complications, Midwives, Obstetricians, Unmedicated, VBAC, tagged Momma Story on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you, Terra, for sharing this beautiful VBAC story! I’d been having contractions off and on for about a week before the “big day.” Thursday (8-14) I woke up to Keaton (15 months) crying out around 345am. I went to the bathroom and came back to bed. After laying there for about 20 minutes or [...]
Onnika
Posted in Hospital NCB, Obstetricians, Unmedicated, tagged Momma Story on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a very fast labor, we welcomed Onnika Lyn Nettleship to the world Tuesday, September 26th at 4:46am. She weighed 6lbs 1oz and is 19in. long. She has black hair and baby gray eyes and is adjusting wonderfully to life outside the womb. I had my membranes stripped Monday morning. I felt crampy all day [...]